CFP: Illustrated Texts (3/31/06; MMLA, 11/9/06-11/12/06)

full name / name of organization:

Keri Berg

contact email:

kberg@isugw.indstate.edu

The 48th Annual Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association,November 9-12, 2006 in ChicagoIllustrated Texts: "Between High and Low: Exploring the Boundariesof the Illustrated Text">From medieval illuminated manuscripts to today's graphic novels, theposition of the illustrated text has alternated between elite andpopular culture, high and low art. This panel invites papers thatexplore this flux, addressing questions of medium, genre, aesthetics andthe evolution of illustrated texts, including their role and influenceon both high and low art. Please send abstracts of 250 words by March 31to Keri A. Berg, Indiana State University, Dept. of Langugages,Literatures, and Linguistics, kberg_at_isugw.indstate.edu